The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-04-14
THE EDITORS DESK.
COMMENTS on TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

liable matter relating to GOldSbOlO. We
wish this bright daily abundant success:
This Argus DER the peoples rights
Doth an eternal vigil keep;
No soothing strains of Maia's songs
Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep
Phillips Brooks considers Daniel Web
ster Abraham Lincoln and Henry Ward
Beecher the three greatest Americans of
the century.-N n. Y. World.
Mr. Kingsbury writes that he is glad that
Mr.. Brooks did not put in John Brown,
Edwin NJ Stanton, [. S. Grant and W. I.
Sherman. He probably never heard of
Thomas jefferson, John G. Calhoun and
Robert E. Lee" adds our friend.
Senator Jones, of Florida, having left off
courting the fair maid at Detroit, is now
at Jacksonville shaking hands with and
smiling upon the members of the Legisla
ture He is candidate for reelection to
tile Senate and says he expects to be elec
ted 1t would, indeed, be strange thing
if Flordeans should return this man who
has, by his persistent neglect of duties and
foolish ovemaking, made himself the
laugh ing stock of the country.
1t may be rather late, but not too late,
for the CHRONICLE to say that the chief
credit for the passage of the bill appro
priating sufficient amount to heat the
capitol is due to DR.. J. W. Saunders. Sen
ator from Carteret. He framed the bill
which was finally successful and as Chair
man of the Committee got up data, visited
various public buildings in Raleigh, ascer-
tained cost &c. Let us render:
Honor to whom honor Is due"
Last week the Judge, a Republican
cartoon" paper, contained picture Of
Cleveland in 1888. 1t represented him as
sitting IN a chair which was strapped over
his wife's back She was carrying him on
TO the Second Term, and because of their
admiration for her, the Sun and World
editors, ct id omEe genus, were not op-
posing him. But whether his wife carries
him or he goes on his own merits ''he will
get there all the same This puts US in
mind to say that Mr.. Cleveland has APP
pointed twice as many ladies to office as
any of his predecessors.
Our excellent contemporary, the States
Vile Landmark, emphasizes the fact that
in the appointment of the Interstate Com
missioners, the President was directed by
law to appoint only three of one political
party He appointed three straight ort
Democrats-M Morrison, Bragg and Schoon-
maker He appointed two Republicans
but what kind. Judge Cooley, who voted
for Mr.. Cleveland, and Mr.. Walker, who
refused TO vote for Blaine. Mr.. Cleveland
may not be Il Democrat. but We think his
enemies will have to cite other appoint
ments than these before the people will de-
cline to put faith in his Democratic prin-
ciples and practise.
ID, you want dog1' asks Phiadel-
phia gentleman, in a recent letter to the
editor of this paper. He wants to swap
us dog for valuable advertising space.
This is only one of many such propositions
we receive, and we answer once for all
No; we don't want dog, nor bird-cage,
nor an incubator, nor patent corset, mol
double and twisted suspenders, nor pianos,
nor organs, nor how to keep babies quiet,
nor .'how to make a fortune in three min
utes" We don't want any of these things
and parties desiring advertising space in the
CHRONICLE will please bear this in mind
While in North Carolina the Attorney
General has advised that the State Treas
urer must continue to collect the drum
hn of
ginia has given it as his opinion that ''tht
effect of the decision of the Supreme Cour
is to invalidate all license taxes imposed
for the purpose Of raising revenue upor
any person, business firm or company
resident of another State, for the privilege
Of selling by themselves or their agents
temporarily sojourning in the State, with
out fixed place of business, any article
of commerce which has not been introduc
ed IN the State and become part of it
general mass of property"
We are very glad to notice that Rev
James Monroe, the Oldest Presbyterian
minister in the Scotch settlement section
of the State, has undertaken to write
history OF lQo early ScOtCH SctticiS VI lhi
State The first installment of the worl
appeared in the LumbertOn RobesOnial
and hereafter that excellent paper will
contain an Installment every week. Th
writer is ma prenticed ham" He is ;
Scotchman, will write to Scotchmen, abou
Scotchrnen His contribution to the earl
history Of the State will be valuable
especially to those who, like the editor o
the CHRONICLE, have great admiration TO
the sturdy Scotchmen who make SO larg
part of our population.
During the session of the North Carroll
IA Legislature it was said that the mem
bers of Congress waited to receive resolu
tions of instruction before proceeding t
the days work. Certainly if Congres
didn't heed the voice of our Legislature
it wasn't the fault of some of the Congres
sional aspirants in that body. The Legis
lature of Virginia, Illinois, New York an
other States are even more ambitious tina
the Tar heels, and have passed resolution
into hu